Dye v. Reichard

SHANNON, Judge.

The plaintiffs, a married couple, brought suit against the defendant for assault and battery. The plaintiffs filed one complaint which contained two counts. The first count set out severe injuries sustained by the husband, and the second count set out less serious injuries sustained by the wife when she was pushed by the defendant, after attempting to help her husband. There were two distinct causes of action, neither claim being of a derivative nature. There was one trial, the jury returned two verdicts, one in favor of each plaintiff, and two judgments were entered, one in…